How to feed and care for your ‘Vince Young Fan Boy’

If you’ve listened any to sports radio this week, you realize that it is not the week before Texans v. Titans on Monday Night Football. Nope.

It’s Vince Young Fan Boy Week.

For those of us who are Texas alums and also fans of the Houston Texans, Vince Young to the Titans was pretty much the worst case scenario in 2006, slightly worse than VY to the Cowboys. As I’ve confessed before, there was a time that I wanted Young to the Texans even though I knew at the time it made not one lick of sense other than from a short term marketing perspective:

 David Carr’s option was picked up, and once that happened, from a NFL salary cap and roster point of view, picking up a first pick quarterback would be stupid stupid.

 Even Vince Young’s greatest fans will accept that he probably wouldn’t be a great fit in the Texans’ offense. Reading defenses, good decision making, and accurate, quick throws aren’t his strengths. He would have been a coach killer, and in fact, has got one offensive coordinator fired already in Nashville.

Even so, I wanted to be able to root for him from afar. Like if he had gone to the Jets or better yet to the NFC. Being in division and playing for Bud’s team made that impossible–it kills me seeing him with a owner that has a history of treating his quarterbacks like garbage as he shows them the door.

So, now I’ve been rooting for Young to get released after this season, and I’m not seeing that happening.

Vince Young Fan Boys Won’t Read This Next Part….

In retrospect especially, I think VY to the Texans would have been an awful fit, and would have divided Texans fans worst than it has divided the Titans fanbase. Gary Kubiak has been all about creating a Texan team that isn’t all about one player. That would have been impossible with Young on the team, and they would have to create an offense just for him.

It would be impossible with as many Longhorn fans in the fanbase. There would be VY-first fans and Texan-first fans.

In 2009, what we are left with is Houston airwaves and blogs polluted with “Titan” fans who couldn’t name a single player of the Titans other than Vince Young. Quarterbacks always get more credit and abuse than they deserve, but you can’t talk to the VY Fan Boys about football. They blindly extol his virtues and ignore any issues he has had.

So basically, they take a lot of the fun out of Texans-Titans twice a year because they say and write such insane things that you think that your radio or computer might blow up due to toxic levels of stupid.

I certainly respect what Vince Young is able to do on the field, and his competitive nature. It doesn’t show up in flashy quarterback stats, but as long as he stays within himself, limits mistakes and moves the chains, the Titans are a dangerous team with running back Chris Johnson having an astonishing year, and the Titan defense getting back to being itself again.

But that’s not enough for the VYFBs. They want to say that Young should be a Texan, and that he’s the key to all the Titan wins, and then all sorts of nonsense that I can’t even exaggerate as satire because the praise can be so over the top.

I’m guessing that legitimate football discussions that rationally discuss Young are pretty much out of the question this week. There’s fans of Vince Young that do not act like fan boys, but those aren’t as vocal as the VYFBs.

I’m sure you know some Vince Young Fan Boys. In just a few hours, they’ve blown up the comments in the Battle Red Blog inside a post called, “Beware: Vince Young Fan Boys on the Prowl.” I’m quite certain that the VYFBs will show up here.

How to feed and care for your “Vince Young Fan Boys”

As a public service, I’ve put together some items to feed and care for your Vince Young Fan Boy that you can see after the jump. Please forward this blog post to any VYFBs you know, so that they can be properly taken care of:

I’m hoping that these items keep Vince Young Fan Boys occupied and quiet until after the game on Monday. I’m guessing not, but you can only hope.